I needed lots of protein & don’t eat meat. This is my fav chilli and was my lifesaver when I was on a severely restricted diet in order to breastfeed my baby daughter who had severe allergies. Don’t be scared of using salt but taste often to be sure.Īdd water of course if it seems to be going too dry and that it. 3 teaspoons and it becomes another level of awesome.

Cumin, can easy do 3 tbsps and the secret ingredient really is smoked paprika, but it’s strong stuff. You can buy tomato purée in tubes cheap and I put a whole tube in (approx 4 tablespoons). I’d always recommend this as spices there are so cheap and you can really throw the cumin around.Īpart from that, this will make a big batch so I made a couple more adjustments. especially if you buy the real stuff from Asian/subcontinent stores. there isn’t really chili mix here and we’d buy pure chili powder so for the love of all don’t put two tablespoons of that in…. It’s hard to have too many lentils, especially red which are more for body.Ĭhili…. We don’t use cups as measurements for example, but I just used a small IKEA coffee cup you’d drink out of. UK person here, made this and it was amazing, but I had to make some changes for UK stuff. OVERALL THIS IS AN OFF THE CHARTS YUMMY RECIPE AND GREAT COMFORT FOOD! The red lentils pretty much disintegrated into the chili, so I think the brown or black ones will hold their shape and add a meaty texture. I used dark red, light red, and cannellini (white) kidney beans.Ĥ) Next time I make this recipe, I’m going to try brown (or even black) lentils instead, much as I truly love red lentils. It made for a wonderful combination of flavors that complimented the chili perfectlyģ) Double or triple the recipe so you can add 2 or 3 different kinds of kidney beans. It goes from great to spectacular when it reheated the next dayĢ) Take the extra few minutes to make the recipe for Chili Powder Blend (link to the recipe is right in the chili recipe).

Suggestions? I have a few minor ones to share:ġ) Make it a day in advance of when you plan to eat it.

After sitting in the fridge overnight, the flavors blended even more, so it was off-the-charts yummy the next day reheated. Phew! Called that one correctly! The guests all gave rave reviews (none of whom are vegan, I was the only one) and they didn’t miss the meat! Everyone said an emphatic yes when I asked if they wanted to take some home, but I ended up with plenty of leftovers for myself. I might have been crazy to do that, but I loved the list of ingredients and knew it was going to be good. I made a triple batch of this FANTASTIC vegan chili for the first time to bring to a baby shower.

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